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There may be quite a few managers glancing nervously at their phones today, wondering if they are going to get a call from Arsenal. The injury to Kieran Gibbs is going to keep him out for about three weeks apparently, but his last period on the sidelines dragged on longer than expected, and Abou Diaby’s three weeks turned into three months.

With the youngster Meade also injured, Arsenal are left with just Andre Santos as a specialist left back. That is why the French club Valenciennes were on the phone to Arsene Wenger this morning offering to sell Gaetan Bong, according to the Daily Mail. The 24-year old Cameroon international has been a regular fixture in the Valenciennes side this season, sometimes playing as a left sided centre back when needed. .......Read the full article here

So who could make us better by BN

I have said recently that I feel we need up to five more players to enable this Arsenal team to compete strongly with Manchester United and City, so what should we looking for? Players with a realistic chance that we could sign, so forgetting Messi and Ronaldo these are the players I would like.

A keeper, maybe not to replace Szczesny but to give him competition. Either experienced like Shay Given, or I do like Vorm at Swansea. Staying at Swansea, Ashley Williams has had an amazing season and I feel he would jump at the chance to play at a big club. I would also love to see Leighton Baines in our team and wanted us to sign him from Wigan, but we did have Clichy at the time so a left back wasn’t on Wenger’s list. .......Read the full article here

Reports this week have suggested that Arsene Wenger has identified the player he wants to add to the Arsenal midfield as James McCarthy from Wigan Athletic. The transfer might not be as easy as Wenger first hoped, however, as Everton may also soon be chasing the 22-year old Irish international as a replacement for Marouane Fellaini, according to the Daily Star.

David Moyes does not want to sell his Belgian midfielder, but the Toffees’ financial situation means that they cannot afford to turn down big money for their players. Plus, there is a release clause of over £25 million in Fellaini’s contract and if a club offers that to Everton, then Moyes would be helpless. .......Read the full article here

Although Arsenal will need to watch out for the goal threat of Marouane Fellaini and Nikica Jelavic who are the top scorers for Everton this season, with six and five goals respectively, it is the left back Leighton Baines who really makes them dangerous. The 27-year old has developed into one of the best left backs in the Premier league, in fact stats released this week show him to be the best in Europe. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal have a chance to go above Everton into fifth place and make sure that Tottenham and West Ham remain below us in the Premier league table, but we must beat Everton at Goodison Park tomorrow to do it. Arsene Wenger will make sure all of the Gunners know that it will be far from easy, but it is imperative that we do it, as Everton will be pushing for a Champions league place at the end of the season.

“For us it’s a vital game every year. They fight at the top of the league every year. They are one of the contenders for a Champions league spot as well. .......Read the full article here

I am sure we have all thought about what we would do if we won the lottery or the football pools, and that is the sort of situation that Arsenal football club find themselves in after signing one of the best sponsorship deals in football. The Gunners will continue to have the Emirates airline on the front of the strip for five more years, and will receive £30 million a year for it. Arsene Wenger will be rubbing his hands with glee, thinking about how to spend the money, assuming that it does find it’s way into the Frenchman’s war chest. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal are lining up a bid for Everton full-back Leighton Baines this January by AM

According to reports in various English media, Arsene Wenger is looking to sign Leighton Baines in the January transfer window. The Everton left back was previously linked with a move to Manchester United. Baines was supposedly earmarked as the perfect replacement for Patrice Evra, whose form has not been up to expectations in recent past. .......Read the full article here

There is a very strange rumour that Arsène Wenger is set to the offer his full back Gael Clichy to Everton, in exchange for the up and coming England left-back Leighton Baines. By the summer Clichy will only have a year left on his contract and it is being said that the Frenchman has stalled in signing a contract extension.

The Metro reports that Wenger is fearful of losing Clichy on a free transfer next summer and thinks he may be able to use Clichy in a straight swap for Baines. Previously it had been reported that the Gunners would offer Everton £10 million for the Englishman. .......Read the full article here

There is a report this morning in the Mail that gives a fascinating insight into the way that Stan Kroenke will be running Arsenal in the new era of ownership, and Rob Draper appears to have some inside knowledge of how the new regime will work.

He says that Arsene Wenger has £35m in his “transfer proceeds account” which will have to cover not only his purchases but the wages of any new additions to the squad. For that reason, Draper says that Wenger’s priority is to ring in Per Mertesacker rather than Bolton’s Gary Cahill, for the simple reason that he will cost only £10m as opposed to Cahill for £20m. .......Read the full article here